Over the Hedge

I have shown this entire movie, with an assignment for the students to write a paper in which they classify the relationships between the characters as mutalistic, parasitic or commensalistic. Other tie-ins include: habitat fragmentation & hiberation.

Reptiles/Turtle Shells: Verne cannot come out of his shell - his vertebrae and ribs are fused to the carapace.

Evolution

Evolution is an awesome movie. I do not show the entire thing in class due to occasional inappropriate language and subject matter (cya), but there are some awesome scenes and lines. Ovbviously, many of the scenes can be used to illustrate evolution...

Cell Division - cells dividing at exponential rate under microscope
DNA - 10 based pairs ... all life on earth only has 4 base pairs- watch for language in this scene
Cells & Evolution - Single celled organisms --> multicellular organisms; "I am no biologist, but how many cells do single celled organisms have?"
Cells (KWL) - my uncle lives in a cell ...
Periodic Table & Problem Solving - carbon based life forms are to arsenic as nitrogen based life forms are to selenium
Reading product labels & ingredients - head & shoulders
Asexual reproduction in animals - worms splitting (fission)

more to come...

What I have been searching for ...

I am a 30 something Biology teacher. I am always looking for new ways to teach, reach and entertain my students. For the last several years I have been thinking about integrating movie clips into my lessons, and I am not talking about boring educational movies, but rather the movies that kids are watching on the weekends anyway. I am trying to show that biology is all around you. I have been looking for other sites to help me out, and I have finally given up and devided I would have to make my own. Please give me feedback and suggestions for movies clips you have used in your class.